Modern cinema began in 1891, when Thomas Edison patented
the kinetoscope and kinetograph (see http://edison.rutgers.edu/chron2.htm#91
for more details). In December 1895, the Lumiere Brothers premiered the
Cinematographe in Paris. By the late 1890s, early films were being shown
at Machynlleth Town Hall. At first, they were combined with other entertainments,
as with the travelling show of Lieut Walter Cole: